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August 10, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Michael Grose, CSIRO; Joelle Gergis, Australian National University; Pep Canadell, CSIRO, and Roshanka Ranasinghe Australia is experiencing widespread, rapid climate change not seen for thousands of years and may warm by 4℃ or more this century, according to the highly anticipated report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The assessment, released ... <a title="Climate change has already hit. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/10/climate-change-has-already-hit-unless-we-act-now-a-hotter-drier-and-more-dangerous-future-awaits-ipcc-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change has already hit. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ian Lowe of Griffith University Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But the film’s bogus claims threaten to overshadow that message. Planet of the Humans is directed and narrated by longtime Moore collaborator Jeff Gibbs. It makes particularly ... <a title="Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/moores-environmental-documentary-storm-the-truth-behind-the-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Australia’s coal policy and its use of carry over credits to fulfill its obligations under the Paris Agreement have come under fire and been major points of contention at this year’s 50th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Meeting in Funafuti, Tuvalu. READ MORE: ‘We should have done more for our people’ – Forum climate change fight ... <a title="‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/bullying-australia-disregards-pacific-over-climate-crisis-says-350-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call for unlikely partners to work together to avoid climate catastrophe. In particular, their policy paper, Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach appears to call on the national security sector ... <a title="Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/climate-crisis-bold-call-for-security-partners-to-prevent-catastrophe/" aria-label="Read more about Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
By Kristen Lyons of the University of Queensland Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For Torres Strait Islanders, it is a crisis that is washing away their homes, infrastructure and even cemeteries. The failure to take action on this crisis has led a group of ... <a title="Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/torres-strait-islanders-in-un-challenge-over-australian-climate-rights-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’">Read more</a>